Entry 4-Amendment 1

Source
To Build or Not to Build:American Muslims, the Rise of Bigotry and Religious Intolerance September 13, 2010
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/omid-memarian/to-build-or-not-to-build_b_715055.html

Constitution
Amendment 2
"congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"

Connection
This article is about how someone wanted to build a Mosque in New York two blocks away from Ground Zero.  Because of what happened on September 11, 2001 this idea is causing debates.  Some people feel that this shouldn't happen because they feel Muslims are the reason for the lives that were lost.  Then there are another group of people who believe that you can't blame all Muslims/Arabs for what one/two people did.  Pastor Jones wanted to burn the Quran in order to punish American Muslims for something that they all are not responsible for.

This relates to the Constitution because it gives you the freedom to practice whatever religion that you believe in.  As long as you pay for the property you want then you are able to turn it into what you want it to be.  The people who are telling them that they can't build the mosque are taking away the Muslim's first amendment which is freedom of religion.  Although the people against the mosque are not following the constitution they are still protected by it because also in the first amendment you have the freedom of speech (Amendment 1 "or abridging the freedom of speech"). 

There is no problem with building the mosque but they should reconsider on building it not close to ground zero.  Building it that close will only cause problems between the people inside of New York. For example the mosque can get burned down by people who are against it or Arab Americans can be assaulted on their way to or from the mosque. By the constitution they have the right to believe in their religion but also the people against have freedom of speech.  To keep people safe the location of the mosque should be reconsidered.